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Simplicity out of complexity in environmental modelling: Occam's razor revisited.

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Simplicity out of complexity in environmental modelling: Occam's razor revisited. / Young, Peter C.; Parkinson, Stuart; Lees, Matthew.
In: Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 23, No. 2-3, 1996, p. 165-210.

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Young, PC, Parkinson, S & Lees, M 1996, 'Simplicity out of complexity in environmental modelling: Occam's razor revisited.', Journal of Applied Statistics, vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 165-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/02664769624206

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Young PC, Parkinson S, Lees M. Simplicity out of complexity in environmental modelling: Occam's razor revisited. Journal of Applied Statistics. 1996;23(2-3):165-210. doi: 10.1080/02664769624206

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Young, Peter C. ; Parkinson, Stuart ; Lees, Matthew. / Simplicity out of complexity in environmental modelling: Occam's razor revisited. In: Journal of Applied Statistics. 1996 ; Vol. 23, No. 2-3. pp. 165-210.

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